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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] nfs: Don't try mounting device as nfs root unless type fully matches
From:       "Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust () netapp ! com>
Date:       2012-03-31 21:24:53
Message-ID: 1333229105.2719.17.camel () lade ! trondhjem ! org
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On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 23:21 +0200, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Myklebust, Trond
> <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2012-03-31 at 11:27 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> >> Oops.  Trond?  This got dropped somewhere.
> >
> > I don't own the 'init' directory, and since quite frankly this isn't
> > related to NFS at all, it should be sent to Linus directly.
> >
> > I'm quite happy to ack the patch if that would help.
> 
> The patch which has triggered this whole story (6829a048 ("NFS: Retry
> mounting NFSROOT")) modified init/ as well, and went in through the
> NFS tree. Can't this patch follow the same path?

No. It touches generic code unlike the above patch, which _only_ touches
NFS-related code.

> Anyhow, I've Cc'ed Linus in hopes that this patch can somehow find
> it's way into 3.4.

Don't just Cc: Linus on this thread: send the patch to him directly (and
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org).

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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com
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